R&D Projects
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Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy
There are currently seventeen R&D projects that are participating in Utah FORGE. These include:
- A Multi-Component Approach to Characterizing In-Situ Stress at the U.S. DOE FORGE EGS Site: Laboratory, Modeling and Field Measurement Battelle
- A Strain Sensing Array to Characterize Deformation at the FORGE Site Clemson University
- Development of Multi-Stage Fracturing System and Wellbore Tractor to Enable Zonal Isolation During Stimulation and EGS Operations in Horizontal Wellbores Colorado School of Mines
- Optimization and Validation of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation Treatment Design at FORGE Fervo Energy
- Joint Electromagnetic/Seismic/InSAR Imaging of Spatial-Temporal Fracture Growth and Estimation of Physical Fracture Properties During EGS Resource Development (LBNL) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Closing the Loop Between In Situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity (LLNL-1) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Coupled Investigation of Fracture Permeability Impact on Reservoir Stress and Seismic Slip Behavior (LLNL-2) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Experimental Determination and Modeling-Informed Analysis of Thermo-Poromechanical Response of Fractured Rock for Application to FORGE University of Oklahoma (1)
- Application of Advanced Techniques for Determination of Reservoir-Scale Stress State at FORGE University of Oklahoma (2)
- Seismicity-permeability Relationships Probed via Nonlinear Acoustic Imaging The Pennsylvania State University
- Zonal Isolation Solution for Geothermal Wells PetroQuip Energy Services
- Role of Fluid and Temperature in Fracture Mechanics and Coupled THMC Processes for Enhanced Geothermal Systems Purdue University et al.
- Fiber-Optic Geophysical Monitoring of Reservoir Evolution at the FORGE Milford Site (FOGMORE@FORGE) Rice University
- Wellbore Fracture Imaging Using Inflow Detection Measurements Stanford University
- Design and Implementation of Innovative Stimulation Treatments to Maximize Energy Recovery Efficiency at the Utah Forge Sites The University of Texas at Austin
- Evolution of Permeability and Strength Recovery of Shear Fractures Under Hydrothermal Conditions U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Devices Suitable for Sectional (zonal) Isolation Along Both Cased and Open-hole Wellbores Under Geothermal Conditions Welltec
Seismicity GIS Data/Maps R&D Projects Reports
Well 58-32 Well 78-32 Well 78B-32 Well 68-32 Well 56-32 Well 16A(78)-32 Well 16B(78)-32 Wells General